One interesting virtual education project is the Open University’s Innovative Experiment in Community. This virtual university is running several classes in the virtual world of Second Life. Long distance learning and community building are emphasized.

Open University is based in the United Kingdom and currently has 150,000 undergraduate and 30,000 postgraduate students enrolled in courses in the real world. The Second Life virtual campus is an extension of that.

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Open University is located at the Open Life virtual sim and has developed two islands.

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